White Guard

The term White Guard may refer to:

  • White Guard (Finland), part of the White Army of the 1918 Finnish Civil War
  • White Guard (Slovenia), part of the Axis collaborators in Slovenia during the Second World War
  • Military arm of the Russian White movement
  • The White Guard, a novel by Mikhail Bulgakov about the Russian White movement


Famous quotes containing the words white and/or guard:

    “Then came Corinna in a long loose gown,
    Her white neck hid with tresses hanging down,
    Resembling fair Semiramis going to bed,”
    —Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)

    “What is the structure of government that will best guard against the precipitate counsels and factious combinations for unjust purposes, without a sacrifice of the fundamental principle of republicanism?”
    —James Madison (1751–1836)